Journal of Art in Societyさんのイラストまとめ

1st century wall decorations from the Vesuvius-engulfed Villa of Poppea, in Oplontis, near Pompeii ~ pomegranates in glass bowl ■ birds perched on delicate twigs ■ sea nymph riding

From the early years of photography, more than 150 years ago, Adolphe Braun’s pioneering photographic studies of flowers have an astonishing clarity ~ Flower study / Rose of Sharon / Roses (albumen prints, 1854-60s)

You can sometimes learn a lot from an artist’s sketches as well as their finished paintings ~ here, Sargent demonstrates a fine eye and fluent hand in these rapidly-drawn portraits of the rich and beautiful

Pictures created by Swiss-born artist Paul Klee in his childhood ~ Five Sisters (done at age 5) ■ view of Hilterfingen when he was a venerable 15 https://t.co/8L5zaFgpWx

It’s 1903. Mrs Fiske-Warren and her daughter Rachel are sitting for a portrait by John Singer Sargent ■ they catch sight of a photographer ■ laugh as Sargent swings round in surprise ■ and, at far R, the finished product

Differing gender-based conceptions of personal space in Daumier’s “In the Omnibus” (1864). This was 150+ years ago, but I guess some things never change…

Albrecht Dürer died #OTD 1528, almost 500 years ago, but his studies of animals and bugs live on ~ here’s his finely-observed stag beetle ■ up close with a hare ■ and a sceptical-looking stork

Early 20C British artist HH La Thangue’s bucolic scenes of Provence & Liguria ~
Festa ■ In Provence ■ Orange Grove

When the British Museum’s Reading Room was opened in 1857 it was hailed as one of the great sights of London. Here it is under construction in 1855 (Wellcome Collection), during renovation in 1907 (Muirhead Bone) and in 1924 (Macbeth). Currently? It’s, er, closed

Street vendor, the Muffin Man, as depicted over time ~ photo 1910 ■ Punch cartoon 1892 ■'London Cries', 1759 ~ & as source of traditional rhyme:/game:
Oh, do you know the muffin man,
The muffin man, the muffin man,
Do you know the muffin man
Who lives on Drury Lane?